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Alternative Energy
is organized in four units: Energy, Fuels, Technology and Environment.
Each unit includes lesson plans, background readings, activities
and/or investigations, tests and answer keys.
To view the objectives for any lesson, click on the link for
the activity or investigation below.
For
additional information, pre- and post tests and answer keys,
please email Juline
Gurasich.
UNIT 1 ENERGY
Section 1 Energeia - Kinetic and Potential
Energy
Section 1 Energeia - Energy Diary
Section 2 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - Oil
Recovery
Section 3 Energy Sources - Water Wheel
Section 3 Energy Sources - Heat it Up!
Section 3 Energy Sources - Windmill Competition
UNIT 2 FUELS
Section 1 Composition of Fuels - Chemical
Models
Section 2 Fuels for Everything - Concept
Mapping Fuels
Section 2 Fuels for Everything - Splitting
Atoms
Section 3
What Are Alternative Fuels? - Gas Laws in
Action/ Propane
Section 3 What Are Alternative Fuels? - Concept-Mapping
Alternative Fuels
Section 4 Across The Curriculum (Art, Language Arts) - Creating
an Advertisement
Section 4 Across the Curriculum (Language Arts) - Extra!
Extra! Read All About It
Section 4 Across the Curriculum (Math) - Conversions
That Make Cents
Section 4 Across the Curriculum (Social Studies) - Tour
de Texas
UNIT
3 TECHNOLOGY
Section 1 Power Systems & Efficiency - Nuts!
Calculating Thermal Efficiency
Section 2 Start Your Engines! - Crank
It Up!
Section 3 Fueling the Future - Electrolysis
UNIT
4 ENVIRONMENT
Section
1 Ozone Alert - Ozone Snaps!
Section 1 Ozone Alert - Blowing in the Wind
Section 2 Smogasbord - Is Dilution the
Solution?
Section 3 Global Climate Change - Natural
Selection
Section 3 Global Climate Change - Greenhouse
Effect
Section 4 Across the Curriculum (Health) -Pollution
Prevention Is Disease Prevention
UNIT 1
Section 1 Energeia - Text
Kinetic and Potential Energy - Activity/Investigation
The student will:
-
identify the two states of energy.
-
demonstrate kinetic and potential energy.
-
test for the effect of varying mass and height (the distance
through which gravity acts) on kinetic and potential energy.
Detailed
lesson plan |
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UNIT 1
Section 1 Energeia - Text
Energy Diary - Activity/Investigation
The student will:
UNIT 1
Section 2
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - Text
Oil Recovery - Activity/Investigation
The student will:
-
manipulate a model to examine primary and secondary oil
recovery processes.
- analyze
the effect rock porosity and permeability have on efficiency
of oil recovery.
- discuss
disposal of waste products involved in oil recovery.
Detailed
lesson plan |
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UNIT 1
Section 3 Energy Sources - Text
Water Wheel -
Activity/Investigation
The student will:
-
create a water wheel to demonstrate the conversion of potential
energy to kinetic energy.
- apply
knowledge of the production of electricity through hydropower
to situations in the past, present, and future.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
.UNIT 1
Section
3 Energy Sources - Text
Heat it Up! -
Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- construct
a solar pond that demonstrates the inversion of normal temperature
gradients.
-
examine applications for the use of temperature gradients
in water.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 1
Section 3 Energy Sources - Text
Windmill Competition
-
Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- explain
the process of breathing.
- create
a model of the lungs and diaphragm.
- explain
how air pollution affects breathing.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 2
Section 1
Composition of Fuels - Text
Chemical Models
-
Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- construct
models of alternative fuel molecules.
- record
the molecular formulas for alternative fuels.
- demonstrate
the chemical reactions that take place when hydrocarbons
release energy.
- balance
chemical equations.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 2
Section 2 Fuels for Everything
- Text
Concept-Mapping Fuels -
Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- categorize
major concepts relating to fuels.
- sequence
concepts by creating concept maps for non-transportation
fuels and conventional transportation fuels.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top
of page
UNIT 2
Section 2 Fuels for Everything -
Text
Splitting Atoms
- Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
UNIT 2
Section 3 What Are Alternative Fuels?
- Text
Gas Laws in Action/ Propane
- Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- apply
the gas laws to understand the physical properties of propane.
- distinguish
between Charles’s and Boyle’s gas laws.
- solve
problems using Charles’s and Boyle’s gas laws.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 2
Section 3 What Are
Alternative Fuels? -
Text
Concept Mapping -
Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- apply
understanding of the classification of alternative fuels
by creating a concept map of alternative fuels.
- compare
and contrast types of alternative fuels..
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 2
Section 4 Across
the Curriculum (Art, Language Arts)
Creating an Advertisement
-
Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
UNIT 2
Section 4 Across the Curriculum (Language
Arts)
Extra! Extra! Read All About It - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- recognize
differences between an editorial and a news article.
- determine
from a list of facts which are main points on which an article
could be written and which are supporting details.
- sort
facts into categories.
- write
a persuasive editorial.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top
of page
UNIT 2
Section 4 Across the Curriculum
(Math)
Conversions That Make Cents - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- synthesize
data to complete a table.
-
compare and contrast typical costs of vehicles using various
fuels.
-
determine causes and effects of converting vehicles to use
an alternative fuel.
Detailed
lesson plan |
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UNIT 2
Section 4 Across the Curriculum (Social
Studies)
Tour de Texas - Activity/Investigation
The students
will:
- plan
and calculate a trip through Texas using an alternative
fuel.
- gather
information concerning budget, travel vouchers, places visited,
and refueling stations.
- use
maps and directories to research pertinent information.
- predict
how far they can travel, how many sights they will see,
how many times they will refuel, and how many stops they
will make.
- compare
and contrast their predictions with their final outcomes.
- create
math story problems.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 3
Section 1 Power Systems andEfficiency
- Text
Nuts! Calculating Thermal Efficiency - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- measure
the amount of energy absorbed by water using two types of
nuts as fuel.
- redesign
the burner used in the original investigation.
- compare
the efficiencies of the two systems.
- calculate
an approximate efficiency rating for a butane burner heating
water.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 3
Section
2 Start Your Engines! - Text
Crank it Up! - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- construct
a model of a piston/crankshaft system.
- demonstrate
each stroke of an Otto-cycle engine.
- demonstrate
energy transfer from linear to rotary motion.
-
compare compression ratios for different fuels.
Detailed
lesson plan |
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UNIT 3
Section
3 Fueling the Future - Text
Electrolysis - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- demonstrate
electrolysis of water.
- observe
and record the chemical reactions during the process.
- explain
the connection between fuel cells and electrolysis of water.
- infer
problems in storing and using hydrogen.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 4
Section
1 Ozone Alert - Text
Ozone Snaps! - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- investigate
the effects of ozone and ultraviolet radiation on rubber.
- apply
knowledge of the effects of ozone on materials to new situations.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 4
Section
1 Ozone Alert - Text
Blowing in the Wind - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- simulate
sampling techniques used to determine air and water quality.
- associate
concentration of pollutants with air patterns and weather
conditions.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 4
Section
2 Smogasbord - Text
Is Dilution the Solution? - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- gather
data and establish criteria for a laboratory experiment
on concentrations of solutions.
- demonstrate
an understanding of concentrations expressed in parts per
million by creating a calibrated model.
- manipulate
laboratory equipment.
- apply
dilution concepts to air and water pollution.
Detailed
lesson plan |
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UNIT 4
Section
3 Global Climate Change - Text
Natural Selection - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- gather
data on whether camouflage or protective coloration provides
better protection from a predator.
- predict
how different environmental stresses affect natural selection.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
UNIT 4
Section
3 Global Climate Change - Text
Greenhouse Effect - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
UNIT 4
Section
4 Across the Curriculum (Health) -
Pollution Prevention Is Disease Prevention - Activity/Investigation
The student
will:
- explain
the process of breathing.
- create
a model of the lungs and diaphragm.
- explain
how air pollution affects breathing.
Detailed
lesson plan | Top of page
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